Update: A Flag Memorial for Sgt. Michael Ollis will be held at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at his memorial site located at the intersection of the street named after him, SSG Michael H. Ollis Way (Burbank Avenue), and South Railroad Avenue in New Dorp. Participants are asked to bring candles.

A funeral and numerous events -- both solemn and joyous -- have been held over the past year on Staten Island to honor the 24-year-old, lifelong resident of New Dorp who was killed in action on Aug. 28, 2013, in Ghazni Province while shielding a Polish officer from an attack by a suicide bomber.